Example sentences of "[conj] a [det] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think that a few words from me are called for , as you say . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 3 | I never heard his wife or son exchange more than a few words with him . |
| 4 | Theda had been unable to exchange more than a few words with him , for she had been — on Araminta 's orders — busily engaged in packing up all Lady Merchiston 's things into trunks to be stored in the attics , and cleaning out her bedchamber . |
| 5 | questions with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words |
| 6 | This type of constructed response item consists of a question with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words . |
| 7 | There was something decidedly odd about the engineering master ; his manner was always friendly , but , in the six months he had been at the school , Robert had not exchanged more than a few words with the man . |
| 8 | If such phrases always fail to extend more than a few words , through failing to match the input , then we can afford to delay the interpretation without placing too much of a burden on higher level components . |
| 9 | It is worth quoting here from a speech made by Gladstone when he opened St Martin-in-the-Fields public library a hundred years ago , and a few words in answer by W.H. Smith who , incidentally , was of the opposite political persuasion : party politics were not involved in these vital matters then . |
| 10 | Still he and Child were able to give some advice based on their experiences with African elephants — and a few words of warning . |
| 11 | Turning to give his wife a look of gentleness and a few words of encouragement , he opened the door , his men fell in behind him and they left . |
| 12 | The capital of Czechoslovakia is fascinating , and a few words here would do it little justice — you 'll have to get a guide book for the full story ! |
| 13 | Both counsel and judges follow the punctilios of court procedure and conduct , and a few words may be said on these . |
| 14 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 15 | A blistering July day , her thick woollen underwear sodden with perspiration under the hot black habit , a throbbing headache , Hilda more insistent than ever ; a scene in the playground , only a few words exchanged because other girls were watching , but a few words that shrieked under the stress of the emotion that they bore ; an impatient phrase , more cutting than she had intended ; Hilda turning away–nth a passionate sob , running , running … |
| 16 | Zeno had looked out to sea while a few words were exchanged , then laid a hand on Carey 's arm , as if about to hurry him along . |